Chilling Warning

“We’ll replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” —New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani in his inaugural speech

Village Idiot

“RFK Jr. needs to … stay out of trans lives. … Trans kids, we will never stop fighting for your life-affirming care.” —comedian Margaret Cho

Non Sequitur

“You cannot talk about any achievement that the city of Boston has had in safety, jobs, in economic development, in education without talking about the Somali community.” —Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

Well… Yeah

“The administration considers anyone who crosses the border illegally to be a criminal.” —"60 Minutes" in the controversial “Inside CECOT” episode

Friendly Fire

“I think one of the failures [of the Biden presidency] was the way in which they executed the withdrawal from Afghanistan. I think it was an obvious f***ing failure. I think 13 Marines are dead. I think that there was a better way to do it.” —Hunter Biden excoriating his father for the disastrous surrender and retreat from Afghanistan

Political Futures

“We have a massive armada formed. … He can do whatever he wants. … If he plays tough, it’ll be the last time he’s ever able to play tough.” —President Donald Trump on whether Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will do as the U.S. wants and step down

What Is an American?

“America’s heritage is something to which all citizens are heir, regardless of how recently they arrived. Honoring that heritage is a moral duty of good citizenship. That doesn’t mean overlooking the sins of America’s past or present — but it does mean expressing gratitude and loyalty to the memory of our national forefathers. And that, in turn, means being careful about accepting too much immigration or demanding too little in terms of assimilation.” —Daniel McCarthy breaking down the debate between credal and heritage Americanism

“Enough of cowering before claims of racism. Solutions to problems can only be found by identifying it. Now, it is obvious that illegal immigration has imposed significant costs on Americans in lives, blood, pain, and treasure. Immigrants must come to live as Americans. It is essential to preserving American culture that only those immigrants who wish to assimilate be allowed in.” —Mark Fowler

Secular State?

“First, politics and economics today are understood as secular concerns in which religious forces have no significant role. Second, and consequently, our common public square is closed to religious discourse. No surprise there. Yet, absent religious discourse, such secularized thinking about society is sterile if not toxic for humanity. We insist that the only possible path to revitalization of both politics and economics runs through, not around, religious belief and discourse. If we avoid that path, there is no hope. There are no detours.” —James Kushiner

For the Record

“Either there will be an 11th-hour Western intolerance of antisemitism, a limit of student visas and immigration from the illiberal nations of the Middle East, a return to melting pot assimilation, an end to DEI tribalism, and a reform of the weaponized university curricula, or we will see more images of gunmen shooting Jews as if they were mere animals.” —Victor Davis Hanson

“The fundamental moral flaw of the left is empathy for criminals, NOT for victims. There’s been immense judicial overreach - unconstitutional. It’s undermining people’s faith in the legal system. Needs to stop. It’s gone TOO FAR.” —Elon Musk

“Intolerance may not promote progress, but it can promote survival. An intolerant Islamic world may outlast the Western world that seems ready to tolerate anything, including the undermining of its own fundamental values and threats to its continued existence.” —Thomas Sowell

2025 in Review

“At the start of 2025, we had a regime change in Washington. In Donald Trump we have a president whose common-sense economic, education, energy, environment and financial policies have worked. … It’s amazing what a difference a president who puts America first can make.” —Stephen Moore